A viral post by Oendrila Kapoor, founder of The Date Crew, has reignited debate over caste and income preferences in modern Indian marriages. On LinkedIn, Kapoor shared an interaction with a 32-year-old fashion entrepreneur from a well-educated family. The woman's father is an IPS officer, and her mother is a teacher. Despite this progressive background, the woman's expectations for a partner were highly specific. She said that she would only consider "upper caste" matches, particularly Brahmins or Rajputs. "She wanted Upper Caste Matches only unless the guy earned 80 LPA or more. This was told to me by a 32 year old who runs her own fashion label. On paper, she comes from a very progressive and educated family with her father, an IPS officer and mother working as a teacher. And yet this is the only condition that she put in front of us: Brahmins, Rajputs, upper caste profiles only," Kapoor wrote. The woman added that she might be open to marrying outside...
Exit polls for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election point to a commanding return for the DMK-led alliance, but one projection for actor Vijay's TVK has emerged as the defining variable in a contest that may yet defy precedent. While most exit polls converge on a DMK-led victory, the Axis My India projection has shifted the center of gravity of the conversation by placing Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in the 98 to 120 seat range. LIVE UPDATES That estimate, if borne out, would not only disrupt the immediate electoral outcome but force a reassessment of what constitutes a breakthrough in Tamil Nadu politics. To understand the scale of that claim, it must be placed against history. The DMK's landmark 1967 victory delivered roughly 138 seats in a 234-member Assembly and installed the party in power. But that win came after years of organizational buildup and electoral participation dating back to the 1950s. A decade later, in 1977, M G Ramachandran's AIADMK secur...